Deadly shark attack in Australia leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

BBC:

LONDON — A woman has died, and a man was seriously injured after a shark attack off Australia’s east coast, police said Friday.

Emergency services were called to a beach at Crowdy Bay, about 40 miles south of Port Macquarie in New South Wales, around 6:30 a.m. Thursday after reports that two people had been bitten, according to New South Wales Police.

A witness helped the victims before paramedics arrived, but the woman, who was believed to be 25, died at the scene, police said.

“The 26-year-old man sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to the John Hunter Hospital where he remains in a serious but stable condition,” police said.

Authorities said the pair are believed to have been visiting from Switzerland, though neither victim has been publicly identified.